hi i recantly put a rs turbo engine in my xr3 cabby problem is i have never had it running yet but there is no power going to the distrbuter plug the auto lekky did something with the fuel ecu he said he was testing it continuely or something and said it was that.it did used to have power to it so i have had 3 fuel ecu's all now all of them dont work coz i dont get ne power to the dizzy is something blowing them and wot could it be help please

 

The power to the coil is an unfused ignition supply so i can only assume you have an internal loom fault......

 

wot does that mean then mate i but a blub from the power lead and the earth lead that goes to the coil but it did not light up when the ignition was on also is it the black ecu which controls the power to the coil (fuel ecu) is it coz i notice both ecus plug into the same plugs one conector says amp on it so dos the fuel ecu go into that one mate

 

The power to the coil is unfused - no fuse in its circuit so if theres no power there then theres a loom fault somewhere!

The bulb wont light up with the ignition on, it should flash quickly when you crank the engine.

Silver ecu controls the coil, the ecu plugs are completely different, and so are the latches on them

 

mine was like this identical problem turned out to be the brown earth wire by the wiper motor try it

 

barry was the earth wire not earthed right you mean mate also for some reason sometimes everything that works the on the igntion live just starts going even when the keys arnt in the car

 

lol right i also had the ecus the wrong way round is it possile that i have now blown the ecus i have power going to the hall i think its called the plug that goes into the thing on the dizzy which i never had before i have a power going to the coil but when i plug it into the coil it makes both outer pins posative the earth from the coil to the ecu i put the bulb to the posative on the battary and one to the earth on the coil wire and it did not light up ne thoughts mate

 

mine was the same and like i said all it was
was the brown wire not earthed good enough
i redone it now every things fine

 

ive just put a rst motor in a mk3 cab if you completly stuck get your self a haynes manual and check out the wiring diagrams!

 

Mate i said above the bulb won't light across the coil unless you crank it, the negative switches to fire the coil, so putting a bulb on it just with the ignition on will never light up.........

 

so the coil pins both been live is ok and also could i have do some damaged to the ecus then mate

 

What your tellin me you've got 12v on the green wire when you put a meter across that and earth?

 

yes mate i noticed the earth wire on the ecu the conector is bent quite wide so might not be touching could that be it

 

still don't see how you're getting 12v on there but yea i would sort the damaged pins out so you can eliminate that from the equation.